Zuckerberg Seek Help With His New Year’s Resolutions

Medicine & Technology Jan 02, 2015

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seeking help with his New Year's resolutions from users of Facebook. Currently he is taking suggestions on his Facebook page for his personal challenge for the new year.

Best Apps of 2014: Why Apple has Sold Big Last Year

Jan 01, 2015

Apple had an incredible year with the iPhone 6's radical launch and the future product hype buzzing around the Apple Watch.

Another String of Cyberattacks: Xbox and Sony New Victims

Dec 29, 2014

As if to coincide with the release of new controverial film "The Interview", Sony's PlayStation was brought to its knees as enthusiastic gamers opened their consoles on Christmas morning. While there are indications that the gaming platform is gradually being restored, there is no telling what hackers could do next in retaliation after Sony decided to release the comedy movie that plays out the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

Tesla Updates Out-of-Production Roadster – 400 Miles to the Charge

Dec 27, 2014

Announced via Twitter on Christmas by Elon Musk with details to follow on the Tesla blog, Tesla Motors says they will be releasing some major updates for the Roadster. The Roadster was the electric vehicle maker's very first model. It was also the world's very first vehicle in production to actually use a lithium ion battery. The hype about the fully electric vehicles back then was as justified as the hype about these updates are now.

Cones & Rods Fossilized in Ancient Fish Eyes, What they Tell Us About the View from the Past

Dec 25, 2014

The newest discovery of fossilized fish, whose eyes have remained largely intact, has provided the proof that the human eye's ability to see in color developed hundreds of millions of years ago.

Santa Is Coming! NORAD Helps Kids Track Santa’s Journey on the Night Before Christmas

Dec 24, 2014

Thanks to the jolly volunteers at NORAD, the original Santa trackers, and Google, the more recent Santa trackers, kids only need to log onto a website, app, Facebook or Twitter and they can find out where Santa is at that instant.

North Korea's Internet Outage: What Caused It And What the Government is Saying about the Recent Hacks

Dec 24, 2014

Amidst a war of words between North Korea and the United States over the communist country's role in the hacking of Sony Pictures, North Korea falls victim to its own potential hack losing Internet service for several hours.

Recently Invented Gecko Gloves Excite both Children and NASA

Dec 23, 2014

Stanford Graduate student Elliot Hawkes took on the task of creating a Gecko-inspired controllable adhesive for part of his dissertation project. The resulting product is causing excitement far beyond the mechanical engineering department at Stanford.

Making Sense of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs)

Dec 23, 2014

As stated by the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the primary benefits of operating an FCV are that they provide, "provide customers with a no-compromise electric-drive vehicle with longer range, quick refill, high performance and comfort along with zero emissions and a low-carbon and potentially renewable fuel."

New Study of the Brain Reveals Smartphone Use Changes It

Dec 23, 2014

Ever think your electronics may change the way your brain functions? Well as it so happens a new study shows that smartphone usage leaves a mark on the part of your brain that processes touch, although it actually makes you smarter. Swiss researchers were curious about the effect of using digital devices on the digits doing the swiping and tapping, and now according to the study published in the journal Current Biology, all of the typing with your thumb and swiping with your index and middle fingers may be training your brain's somatosensory cortex.

Full Speed Ahead – Google Releases Prototype for First Self-Driving Car

Dec 22, 2014

The future arrived this morning. It rolled up on four wheels with a tiny cab and no steering wheel. Today, Google celebrated the release of the of its first fully functioning, self-driving car prototype.

ESA’s Philae Lander May Take the Prize, But Here Are 9 Other Breakthroughs of 2014 Also Worth the Award

Dec 15, 2014

While many were not quite surprised to hear the European Space Agency (ESA) clenched the win for journal Physics World’s Breakthrough of the Year 2014 for its landing of the Rosetta mission’s Philae Lander on a speeding comet 511 million km away, most are also not aware that the list doesn’t just end there.

Large Hadron Collider Prepped & Prepared for Most Powerful Collisions To Date

Dec 15, 2014

For several years now, researchers have carefully sifted through data collected from the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in its first run at smashing particles together. But when productivity hit a peak, and researchers ran out of things to study from the vast data collected only a few years ago, CERN looked towards a round two that would provide additional insights that may help answer questions that modern physics has, in addition to sparking new topics which CERN researchers could study.

How Steve Jobs Still Defends Apple, Even From His Grave

Dec 04, 2014

In what’s turning out to be the class-action lawsuit of the decade, plaintiffs are suing technology power-house Apple Inc., calling into question their unnecessary software updates that they claim kept iPod prices artificially high and kept competitors off electronics shelves. But it’s not the circumstances of the case, nor the claims of the plaintiffs that make this particular lawsuit of any interest. It’s whom the defense will call to the stand.

Class Action Lawsuit Begins—Apple Defends iTunes Policies and iPod Prices

Dec 02, 2014

It may just be the class-action lawsuit of the decade, but with opening statements beginning this morning, Tuesday Dec. 2, many are already beginning to question whether prosecutors have enough ammunition to go up against technology power-house Apple Inc. Calling into question the unnecessary software updates that kept iPod prices high and revolving version coming through electronics shelves, the plaintiffs began outlining their case against Apple in court today saying that in an attempt to block out competitors, the company hurt the consumer in the process.